China’s Cheung Kei Group is adding to the grand mainland investor fire sale in Hong Kong with market sources confirming that the group’s corporate headquarters in Kowloon is being repossessed by Hang Seng Bank, while two luxury residences belonging to… Read More>>
Korean Pension Giant Steps Up Climate Commitment and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, two of South Korea’s biggest institutional investors reveal plans to do business more responsibly, and Jiayuan Services becomes the latest Chinese property firm to cut ties with its auditor.
South… Read More>>
Evergrande Creditors Reject Restructuring Deal and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, China Evergrande struggles to win creditor support for a debt restructuring framework ahead of a self-imposed March deadline, and HSBC’s move towards open-plan desks irks Hong Kong bankers.
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PwC Resigns as Evergrande Auditor Over Gaps in Financials
PricewaterhouseCoopers has stepped down as auditor of China Evergrande’s books, citing the failure of the troubled developer to provide information related to its still-unreleased 2021 annual results.
The Big Four accounting firm said it was left in the dark when… Read More>>
Shimao Hires Investigators to Probe Issues Raised by PwC Auditors
Troubled mainland developer Shimao Group has hired a fresh set of advisors to carry out an “independent investigation” into accounting issues raised by the company’s departed auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
In addition to the probe to be conducted by RSM Corporate Advisory,… Read More>>
Evergrande, PwC Investigated Over Failure to Report $2B Loan Scheme
Hong Kong’s accounting watchdog has launched a probe into the property services arm of embattled developer China Evergrande and its erstwhile auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers, related to a RMB 13.4 billion ($2 billion) loan scheme that led to the developer firing its… Read More>>
Jingrui Struggles to Explain $730M in Vanishing Bank Deposits After PwC Bows Out
Jingrui Holdings has made a series of disclosure to the Hong Kong exchange, struggling to explain the mysterious disappearance of over RMB 4.9 billion ($730 million) in claimed bank deposits that led to PricewaterhouseCoopers resigning as its auditor in May.
PwC Walks Away From Jingrui Audit Role Citing Murky Bank Deposits
Jingrui Holdings has joined the growing list of Chinese developers cutting ties with their auditors, with the company announcing that Big Four accounting firm PwC exited the role late last month.
At the request of Jingrui’s board, PricewaterhouseCoopers resigned as… Read More>>
S&P Downgrades Shanghai Greenland and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Shanghai-backed Greenland Holding suffers a further downgrade to its credit rating, accounting bigfoot PwC plans to retire as auditor of Hong Kong-listed property manager Dowell Service, and China’s Seazen readies a rare offshore… Read More>>
PwC Quits as Auditor for R&F, Shimao and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, auditors at some of China’s heavyweight property firms call it quits with annual reports still in limbo, Yuanta Securities’ Korean headquarters in the Seoul CBD changes hands, and Embassy Office Parks REIT plans… Read More>>